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Apr 13, 2026 · Big Data

11 Critical Pitfalls to Watch When Upgrading from Spark 3 to Spark 4

Spark 4.0 delivers 20‑50% performance gains and new features like Spark Connect, VARIANT types, and enhanced SQL, but it also introduces breaking changes such as mandatory JDK 17, dropping Scala 2.12, default ANSI mode, removal of Mesos, and altered JDBC type mappings, requiring careful planning and staged migration to avoid runtime failures.